Will the XB1 go back to regular price after the Holiday?

[Teeqoz]

Normchacho said:

Teeqoz said:

Nuvendil said:
Their earnings report is already likely to be abysmal, 

Micrfosofts earnings report is the furthest away from abysmal you'll ever get. Even if they sell ten million consoles at a loss of hundred dollars (both figures are overdoing it a fucking lot) that will only decrease the profit by 1 billion, and Microsoft earns ~6 billion per quarter (three months).

 

OT: It would be suicide for XBO sales if they did.

I never understood this sentiment. Microsoft is a business. If they have a choice to either lose money for the whole division, and maybe be competitive in one market. Or make money as a solid 2nd, they're going to do the latter. At least any savy business would.

But the thing is, they're not loosing 100 dollars per XBO sold, and they're not gonna sell 10 million XBOs in this time period....

More likely they're loosing ~50 dollars per unit, and they'll sell ~5-6 million in while taking that loss (if they continue the pricecut.). That puts us at a loss between 250 and 300 million.

The thing is though, you said theire earnings report is likely to be abysmal. It won't be. I'm not saying that they'll be happy with losing a lot of money on the XBO though.